March 2020 Company Limited by Guarantee Company Number: 07431950

Registered Charity No: 1139806

We are committed to counterbalancing physical isolation with social The contact. This is the Jewish way. Now is the time to think about the 80 East End Road , London people around us who need contacting and care. N3 2SY

Telephone We are alongside all of our communities throughout this difficult and 020 8349 5640 unprecedented time. We are offering resources and advice where Facsimile appropriate, signposting to others who are doing excellent work and 020 8349 5699

providing support, ideas and services where possible. We also E-mail encourage communities to help one another and are helping to share [email protected]

best practice from around the UK. Website www.reformjudaism.org.uk

The government has stated that “gatherings of faith groups” are Chair included within advice to avoid social gatherings. We are therefore Geoffrey Marx

asking you to close your doors but not your community. Many of our Vice-Chair have already taken this difficult decision. Paul Langsford

Honorary Treasurer Roger Nagioff Please consider that a minyan can be online rather than in person, and we strongly recommend that we protect our members by not Honorary Secretary Sue Pearlman coming together within synagogues at this time. Chair - Assembly of Reform and Cantors UK Even without gatherings, our synagogues can continue to serve our Fabian Sborovsky

members. It may currently be more important than ever that we do President so. Sir Trevor Chinn, CVO

Vice-Presidents We will be sharing innovative ideas as we hear about them from our Neil Benson OBE Leslie Bergman communities. In the meantime, streaming services is an excellent way John Cohen to engage people safely. Ruth Cohen Dame Vivien Duffield DBE Andrew Gilbert Michael Grabiner CBE We are putting together a practical and ambitious set of ideas, Miriam Kramer guidance and innovative activities to help our members and Peter Levy OBE Rabbi Professor communities through this difficult period. Here is a link to all our Pete Martin Covid-19 guidance, updated and expanded throughout the day: Rabbi Maurice Michaels Dr Dolf A Mogendorff JP https://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/covid-19-information/ Stephen Moss CBE Jenny Pizer R. Stephen Rubin OBE I wish everyone well at this difficult time. Cliff Siegel Gordon Smith Judy Smith Warmly, Dr Lisa Stock Lord Stone of Blackheath Dr Richard Stone OBE David Tilles David Walsh Paul Winter

Senior Rabbi to Reform Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner

Senior Rabbi to Member of European Union for Progressive Judaism

Patrons: Tobe and Nicholas Aleksander | Elizabeth and Mark Astaire | Jill and Michael Barrington | Dee and Leslie Bergman | Caroline and Alan Brill Virginia and Eric Campus | Angela and Alex Chesterman OBE | Sir Trevor Chinn CVO and Lady Chinn CBE | Ruth Cohen Simone and Simon Collins | Beverley and Jonathan Feuer | Gail and Michael Flesch QC | Jane and Mike Grabiner CBE | Jo and Ric Haller Margaret and Paul Harris | Ann and Charles Kessler | Jane and James Kessler | Miriam Kramer | Gary Lubner Joy Moss MBE and Stephen Moss CBE | Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust | Cliff Siegel | Philippa and Graham Wainer | and our fourteen anonymous patrons

Updated July 2019